# Error archive import **URL:** \ **Category:** General Usage\ **Created:** [December 1, 2025, 12:35pm UTC](https://aiida.discourse.group/t/error-archive-import/696 "2025-12-01T12:35:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scemp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/aiida.discourse.group/scemp/32/159_2.png) [@Scemp](https://aiida.discourse.group/u/Scemp)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2025, 12:35pm UTC](https://aiida.discourse.group/t/error-archive-import/696/1 "2025-12-01T12:35:54Z")
Dear all, I have been using aiida for a while now, and I wanted to import some calculations [Data for "Tuning Structural and Electronic Properties of Metal-Organic Framework 5 by Metal Substitution and Linker Functionalization"](https://zenodo.org/records/10624825) which I did a while ago. While importing the data, with `verdi -p MOF5_original archive import -v Zn_MOF_workflows.aiida`, I encountered a critical message: ```auto Critical: an exception occurred while trying to import the archive Zn_MOF_workflows.aiida: UnboundLocalError: cannot access local variable 'handle' where it is not associated with a value ``` Well, I initialized the profile `MOF5_original` with verdi `presto --use-postgres --profile-name MOF5_original`, with aiida-core 2.7.1. I am not sure which version I used to perform the calculations, but I am also not sure if this could cause the error. [Could it have been aiida-core 1.6?] If you need additional information, please let me know. Any help is appreciated. All the best Josh ---
**Author:** ![t-reents](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/aiida.discourse.group/t-reents/32/82_2.png) [@t-reents](https://aiida.discourse.group/u/t-reents)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://aiida.discourse.group/t/error-archive-import/696/2 "2025-12-01T16:12:41Z")
Hi @Scemp I can reproduce this issue (using v2.7.1 but also using 2.4.3). I commented out the following lines in aiida-core, just to get a full traceback: [aiida-core/src/aiida/cmdline/commands/cmd\_archive.py at v2.7.1 · aiidateam/aiida-core · GitHub](https://github.com/aiidateam/aiida-core/blob/v2.7.1/src/aiida/cmdline/commands/cmd_archive.py#L531-L532) You can find the full error below. It seems that some of the objects/keys are missing. However, I’m not a 100% what exactly is going on and why this is happening. Pinging @geiger_j and @agoscinski who worked on the archive lately, if I remember correctly. Best, Timo * * * ```py Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/treents/.aiida_venvs/debug-josh-discourse/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiida/storage/sqlite_zip/backend.py", line 445, in open handle = self._zipfile.open(f'{self._folder}/{key}') ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.11/3.11.12/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/zipfile.py", line 1564, in open zinfo = self.getinfo(name) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.11/3.11.12/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/zipfile.py", line 1493, in getinfo raise KeyError( KeyError: "There is no item named 'repo/526edec725a0f33bc1cc66a48038daec14e21ad47d1d5fc1e081441750b2283f' in the archive" During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/treents/.aiida_venvs/debug-josh-discourse/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiida/storage/sqlite_zip/backend.py", line 448, in open raise FileNotFoundError(f'object with key `{key}` does not exist.') FileNotFoundError: object with key `526edec725a0f33bc1cc66a48038daec14e21ad47d1d5fc1e081441750b2283f` does not exist. During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/treents/.aiida_venvs/debug-josh-discourse/bin/verdi", line 8, in sys.exit(verdi()) ^^^^^^^ File "/Users/treents/.aiida_venvs/debug-josh-discourse/lib/python3.11/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1161, in __call__ return self.main(*args, **kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/Users/treents/.aiida_venvs/debug-josh-discourse/lib/python3.11/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1082, in main rv = self.invoke(ctx) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/Users/treents/.aiida_venvs/debug-josh-discourse/lib/python3.11/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1697, in invoke return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx)) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/Users/treents/.aiida_venvs/debug-josh-discourse/lib/python3.11/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1697, in invoke return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx)) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/Users/treents/.aiida_venvs/debug-josh-discourse/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiida/cmdline/groups/verdi.py", line 119, in invoke return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/Users/treents/.aiida_venvs/debug-josh-discourse/lib/python3.11/site-packages/click/core.py", line 788, in invoke return __callback(*args, **kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/Users/treents/.aiida_venvs/debug-josh-discourse/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiida/cmdline/utils/decorators.py", line 104, in wrapper return wrapped(*args, **kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/Users/treents/.aiida_venvs/debug-josh-discourse/lib/python3.11/site-packages/click/decorators.py", line 33, in new_func return f(get_current_context(), *args, **kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/Users/treents/.aiida_venvs/debug-josh-discourse/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiida/cmdline/commands/cmd_archive.py", line 411, in import_archive _import_archive_and_migrate(ctx, archive, web_based, import_kwargs, migration) File "/Users/treents/.aiida_venvs/debug-josh-discourse/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiida/cmdline/commands/cmd_archive.py", line 504, in _import_archive_and_migrate _import_archive(archive_path, archive_format=archive_format, **import_kwargs) File "/Users/treents/.aiida_venvs/debug-josh-discourse/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiida/tools/archive/imports.py", line 204, in import_archive _add_files_to_repo(backend_from, backend, new_repo_keys) File "/Users/treents/.aiida_venvs/debug-josh-discourse/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiida/tools/archive/imports.py", line 1209, in _add_files_to_repo for key, handle in repository_from.iter_object_streams(new_keys): # type: ignore[arg-type] File "/Users/treents/.aiida_venvs/debug-josh-discourse/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiida/storage/sqlite_zip/backend.py", line 383, in iter_object_streams with self.open(key) as handle: File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.11/3.11.12/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/contextlib.py", line 137, in __enter__ return next(self.gen) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/Users/treents/.aiida_venvs/debug-josh-discourse/lib/python3.11/site-packages/aiida/storage/sqlite_zip/backend.py", line 450, in open handle.close() ^^^^^^ UnboundLocalError: cannot access local variable 'handle' where it is not associated with a value ``` ---
**Author:** ![t-reents](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/aiida.discourse.group/t-reents/32/82_2.png) [@t-reents](https://aiida.discourse.group/u/t-reents)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://aiida.discourse.group/t/error-archive-import/696/3 "2025-12-02T17:27:49Z")
@giovannipizzi Just summarizing what we discussed and what I tried: - I checked and the file mentioned in the error above is indeed the only one that is missing - I tried to adjust the archive by adding an empty file, however, this fails because the hash will be different. @Scemp has some issues with the original profile (e.g., storage migration etc.), so we couldn’t reproduce the archive yet - Also tried to modify the sqlite DB, i.e., removing the repository\_metadata for this key, but AiiDA always fails to read the DB afterwards, even though I can still do it via Python